Networking Basics: Part 9 – Active Directory Information

In the last few parts of this article series, I talked a lot about what the Active Directory is, and how it works in regards to your network’s domain controllers. You already know from the previous articles in this series that the Active Directory is essentially a database containing various objects such as user accounts and computer [...]

OSI Reference Model: Layer 1 hardware

The Open System Interconnect (OSI) reference model is a model, developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO), which describes how data from an application on one computer can be transferred to an application on another computer. The OSI reference model consists of seven conceptual layers which each specify different network functions. Each function of a [...]